英漢雙語(yǔ)版《傲慢與偏見(jiàn)》第十二章節(jié)選

　　12 伊麗莎白和達(dá)西

　　One morning, about a week after Bingley had proposed to Jane, acarriage arrived outside Longbourn House. Elizabeth, Kitty and their mother were in the sitting-room, when suddenly the door was thrown open, and their visitor entered. It was Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

　　一天上午，大約在彬格萊向簡(jiǎn)求婚后一周，一輛馬車(chē)來(lái)到了浪搏恩府外。伊麗莎白、吉蒂和母親正在起居室呆著，突然門(mén)被撞開(kāi)了，客人闖了進(jìn)來(lái)。是凱瑟琳?德?包爾夫人。

　　They were all extremely astonished. Mrs Bennet, flattered to have such an important visitor, received her with great politeness. After sitting for a moment in silence, Lady Catherine said very stiffly to Elizabeth, 'I hope you are well, Miss Bennet. That lady, I suppose, is your mother. And that, I suppose, is one of your sisters.'

　　她們都極端驚訝。班納特太太因?yàn)閬?lái)了這樣重要的客人而受寵若驚，趕緊非常客氣地接待她。干坐了一會(huì)兒之后，凱瑟琳夫人很傲氣地對(duì)伊麗莎白說(shuō)：“我希望你還好，班納特小姐。那位夫人我想是你母親吧。那位我想是你妹妹吧。”

　　解析：astonished 吃驚的、驚訝的

　　eg: It astonished me to learn that she was dead.

　　聽(tīng)說(shuō)她死了，真使我驚愕。

　　stiffly 呆板地、生硬地

　　eg: His father turned, the wiry figure walking a little stiffly.

　　他父親轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)，他那瘦長(zhǎng)結(jié)實(shí)的身軀走路有點(diǎn)不靈活。

　　Elizabeth replied that she was correct in thinking so. Lady Catherine rose and said, 'I would like to have a walk in your garden, Miss Bennet, if you would accompany me.'

　　伊麗莎白回答說(shuō)她說(shuō)得對(duì)。凱瑟琳夫人站起來(lái)說(shuō)：“班納特小姐，如果你愿意陪我，我想到你家花園走走。”

　　解析：accompany 陪伴、伴隨

　　eg: Please accompany me on my walk.

　　請(qǐng)陪我散步。

　　'Go, my dear,' cried Mrs Bennet. 'Show her ladyship the different walks, I'm sure she will like them.'

　　“去呀，親愛(ài)的，”班納特太太嚷道，“讓夫人看看不同的小路。我想她肯定會(huì)喜歡的。”

　　As they passed through the hall, Lady Catherine opened the doors into the different rooms, looked in, and declared them to be reasonable-looking rooms. They went into the garden in silence. Elizabeth was determined to make no effort at conversation with a woman who was being more than usually rude and disagreeable.

　　她們穿過(guò)大廳時(shí)，凱瑟琳夫人打開(kāi)各個(gè)房間的門(mén)，往里看，稱這些房間還算可以。她們沉默不語(yǔ)地走進(jìn)花園。伊麗莎白覺(jué)得這個(gè)女人比往常更無(wú)禮傲慢，令人討厭，于是拿定主意，不先開(kāi)口跟她說(shuō)話。

　　解析：declare 宣布、聲明、發(fā)表意見(jiàn)

　　eg: The governor declared a state of emergency.

　　州長(zhǎng)宣布進(jìn)入緊急狀態(tài)。

　　make efforts 努力、作出努力

　　eg: Only if we make efforts, we will obtain the happiness.

　　只要我們努力，一定能活得幸福。